Tue Jan 29, 2013 at 11:50:34 AM EST

In a clandestine, closed door meeting in a Grand Rapids Hotel last Friday, right under the noses of 250 newspaper’s editors attending the annual Michigan Press Association conference in the same joint, one Richard Dale Snyder laid out a campaign to raise 15 million smackers to help cement his reelection.

Down in comments, an MLive reporter points out that this isn't exactly news, that he dropped hints almost two weeks ago. Skubick also points out that Gretchen Whitmer and Mark Schauer are two credible alternatives to America's Shoutiest Mayor and, if America's Shoutiest Mayor optes to run, an Inanimate Carbon Rod.

The governor was coy about when he would announce, saying he was not ready to put a timeline on it, but nobody in the room seemed to give two hoots. What they cared about was four more years of Relentless Positive Action from their guy the gov.